[1]From 1700 until 1100 BC, the area of China around the Yellow River was ruled by a family of kings called the Shang. They were rich and very powerful. The king and his family lived in large palaces, decorated (装饰) with beautiful objects. They had many servants who made them food and did all the work in the palaces, so they had an easy life.
[2]The richest people at that time were warriors (武士). They lived in cities with very high walls. Their houses were large and made of wood or brick. They wore beautiful gowns (长袍) made of silk. They didn’t work, and spent their time hunting and horse riding.
[3]Other people lived outside the walls, in houses made of mud (泥). They were businessmen and crafismen (手艺人), so they worked for their living. 3. 他们不贫穷, 但是战争期间得不到保护。
[4]Most of the people during that time were farmers. They lived in villages in the countryside. Their houses were small and made of mud or bamboo. Inside, there wasn’t any furniture, and they slept on the mud floor. They worked in fields with ①________ made of stone, grew grain such as rice, and kept animals. They were very poor. They had to obey the kings and warriors. They didn’t have a very easy life. The best place for farming at that time was by the Yellow River. Here the warm, wet weather was perfect for growing rice.
[5]During the time of the Shang, there were some important developments. Bronze (青铜) is one of them. People used it to make pots, cups, jewellery, weapons and so on. But the most important development during the time of the Shang was writing. Once people can write, they can pass on information about themselves, their lives and what they believe. 4. Although the Chinese started writing at this time, they didn’t have paper yet, so people wrote on animal bones, stones, bamboo, and even on turtle (乌龟) shells!
[6]So, life for people in ancient China was quite ②________ from our lives today.
1题短文填词，在文中空白处各填入一个恰当的单词；2-5题回答问题。注意词数限制。6-7题翻译句子。
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2. How did the kings’ palaces of the Shang look like? (No more than 10 words)
3. What kind of life did the farmers live that time? (No more than 8 words)
4. Why was the Yellow River area the best place for farming? (No more than 8 words)
5. What was the most important development during the time of the Shang? (With one word)
6. 将第三段划线句子翻译成英语。
7. 将第五段划线句子翻译成汉语。
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【推荐1】These days, many people have weight problems. In fact, it’s not difficult to lose weight. And you don’t even have to give up the food you love or join a gym(体育馆). You just follow some ways that thin people have. Keep them, and you’ll become thin.
●Wake up
When you wake up in the morning, sit up slowly without using your hands. With legs straight out, bend forward until you feel sore in your back. It will burn about 10 calories(卡路里).
●Start with soup
Have a clear soup first before you have the main food. In this way, you’ll feel fuller, so you’ll eat less when the main food comes.
●An apple (or more) a day
Apples are full of fiber(纤维) and water, so your stomach will want less. The study shows that people who eat at least three apples a day lose weight.
●Stand up and walk around
Every time you use the mobile phone, stand up and walk around. Heavy people usually sit about two and a half hours more each day than thin people. This skill is very important as standing up and walking around will burn 50 or more calories.
Follow these ways, and you will have a big weight loss.
1. What should you have first before having the main food?2. Why does your stomach want less food after eating apples?
3. 请将文中画线的句子翻译成汉语。
4. 请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题。
【推荐2】Drones (无人驾驶飞机) can do lots of things, including taking pictures from the sky and watching wild animals. Now these small flying robots begin to change the way of farming.
Looking for sick plants
Drones can find bacteria (细菌) that are harmful to plants in the air from a few kilometers away. Farms can check the drones’ air samples (样本) and try to find ways to protect their plants before the bacteria get to them.
Counting cows
When flying over course, drones can follow up the cows and find out which fences need fixing. There are also special cameras on drones. They can help farmers look for animals that could harm their cows.
Water watch
After watering the fields, we can often see some places may dry out faster than others. Other places might not get water at all. Drones can look over the field and make a 3-D map. Using the map, farmers can find out which parts of a field are dry or need imrovement.
Spraying pesticide (喷洒农药)
Different parts of a field might have different altitude (海拔). Drones can check for this when flying above the land. Then, they change their height so that they can spray the correct amount of pesticide over each part of the field. This is more useful than traditional pesticide spraying. Drones can finish spraying a field much faster than with traditional machines.
1—2题完成句子；3题简略回答问题；4-5题将文中划线句子译成汉语。
1. Farmers can check the drones’ air samples to find ways to
2. The special cameras help farmers
3. What can the farmers do by using the 3-D map?
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Dolphins are wonderful. They are socially skilled, smart, quick, joyful, and playful animals that share many similar feelings with humans.
Where do dolphins live?
Dolphins live in the world’s seas and oceans and in some rivers too. Some dolphins like to live in coastal areas, others like shallow water.
Orcas are the only dolphins which live in the Arctic（北极）and Antarctic（南极）.Their large size means that they have more protection against the cold of the freezing seas.
Can dolphins live in fresh water?
River dolphins such as the Amazon River dolphin and South Asian river dolphins live their lives only in fresh water rivers and lakes, a long way from the ocean; they are sometimes known as the “true river dolphins”.
Can dolphins talk?
Maybe they can’t talk with words, but they talk with sounds. They show their feelings with sounds. Dolphins travel in a group. We call a group of fish “school.” They don’t study, but they travel together. Dolphins are mammals, not fish, but they swim together in a school.
Dolphin talk to the other dolphins in the school. They give information. They tell when they are happy or sad or afraid. They say “Welcome” when a dolphin come back to the school. They talk when they play.
They make a few sounds above water. They make many more sounds under water. People cannot hear these sounds because the sounds are very, very high. Scientists make tapes of the sounds and study them. Sometimes people catch dolphins for a large aquarium.（An aquarium is a zoo for fish）
People can watch the dolphin in a show. Dolphins don’t like to be away from their school in an aquarium. They are sad and lonely. There are many stories about dolphins. They help people. Sometimes they save somebody’s life. Dolphin meat is good, but people don’t like to kill them. They say that dolphins bring good luck. Many people believe this.
1. Which kind of dolphin live in the Arctic（北极）and Antarctic（南极）?2. Where do river dolphins live?
3. How do dolphins show their feelings?
4. Why can’t people hear the dolphin’s sounds?
5. What do many people believe that dolphins can bring?
Students at our school show their favorite art forms in handmade papers. Let’s see some of them.
Poems of Song Dynasty are very famous. Many great poets lived at that time, such as Su Shi and Li Qingzhao. We can read different topics like love and homesickness in those poems. That’s why I love it. Zhang Yibai |
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I love Chinese oil-paper umbrellas not because they can protect people from rain or sunlight, but because they show poetic beauty. Zhou Yirui |
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I like Dian Cha, a tea art from Song Dynasty. People “draw” beautiful pictures on the tea. I like it because it mixes tradition and fun together, which is very creative. Shen Bingying |
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1. Who loves poems of Song Dynasty?
2. Why does Zhou Yirui love Chinese oil-paper umbrellas?
Because Chinese oil-paper umbrellas can
3. Which word means “诗歌的” in the passage?
It’s “
4. How many students share their favorite art forms in the passage?
5. Besides these art forms above, what’s your favorite Chinese art form?
My favorite Chinese art form is
【推荐2】Every Saturday evening, many people come to an open square in a small town in Xi’an. They want to watch Chen Kun and his friends put on a shadow puppet play（皮影戏）.
Shadow puppets are made of hard leather（皮革）. The leather is cut out in the shape (A) ________ a person.
During a shadow puppet play, Chen stands behind a white screen with lights behind (B) it. The audience sit in front of the screen. Chen and his friends hold the puppets very close (C) ________ the screen so the audience can see the puppets’ shadows clearly. Then they move the puppets around and do the voices of the different characters.
Shadow puppet plays are a traditional Chinese art. (D) Nowadays, shadow puppet plays are not as popular as before. To let more young people learn the skills of shadow puppet plays, Chen provides students with training courses. (E) Shadow puppet plays are quite a hard job, but he still wants to pass this traditional art down.
阅读短文, 根据题目要求完成下列任务。
1. 在文中（A）和（C）的空白处分别填入适当的介词：
2. 文中划线（B）的 “it” 指代的是什么?
3. 请在文中找出一个意为 “表演” 的短语。
4. Translate the underlined sentence（D）into Chinese.
5. 请将（E）改为同义句, 一空一词。
[1] China is a large country. The population is over 1.4 billion. It has a special culture with a very long history.
[2] Chinese food plays an important role for Chinese families. Different foods have different meanings. The main difference is that Chinese people eat their meals with (4)①________. One of the main foods in Chinese culture is rice. Tea is a favorite drink, and it is popular in the market.
[3] Chinese calendar is different from the one used in western countries. New Year’s Day is in late winter. It is also called the Spring Festival. It has a big celebration of ringing out the old and ringing in the new. It has special foods and traditions. (5
[4]The Chinese zodiac(生肖), known as Sheng Xiao, follows a twelve cycle. Each year is named for an animal. These animals’ signs are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. For example, the year 2023 is the year of the (4)②______.
[5]Chinese is a complex(复杂的) language. Chinese writing developed almost 4，000 years ago and may even be older. Chinese writing has thousands (4)③________ characters. A character stands for a word and also a meaning. Besides Putonghua, Chinese people speak six other forms of the language, and there are many kinds of dialects（方言）.
1. What’s the population of China？(No more than 3 words)
2. How many examples are given to explain the culture of China? (No more than 1 word)
3. When is the Spring Festival?
4. Fill in each blank in the passage with a proper word.
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5. Translate the underlined sentence in the third paragraph into Chinese.
6. Give a proper title to the passage.
In old myths (神话) or new ones, whether from Asia, Africa, the Americas or Europe, the world’s hero stories all have the same basic shape. The details of the stories may change, but every hero story has the same three parts.
In the first part of any hero story, the hero starts a journey. Often the hero does not, at first, want to go on this journey. But in the end, he finally agrees to do so. He leaves the safety of his home, friends and family to go to this new place. This place is very different from the hero’s home and is often dangerous. Sometimes there is someone who helps the hero to understand this new place. The person gives the hero the information he needs to succeed.
The second part of the hero story is the most exciting. This is when the hero must pass some kind of test or overcome a challenge. A common example of such a test is when the hero has to fight a monster (怪兽) with much bigger size and greater strength. The hero does not, at first, believe that he will be able to kill the monster. Other common challenges include solving a problem or having to face one’s fears. In any challenge, the hero must use his strength, intelligence and bravery to pass the test. He must kill the dragon, answer the question or trust in one’s abilities. Of course, in the end, the hero always succeeds.
Finally, in the last part of the hero story, the hero returns home. He is a better person now—one who has the lessons he has learned from what he has experienced along his journey-wealth and knowledge-to share with family and friends.
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Japanese（日本的）children go to the first grade of elementary（初级的）school in April after their sixth birthday. There are around 30 to 40 students in an elementary school class. The subjects are Japanese, math, science, music and home crafts （to learn simple cooking and housework skills）. Most schools have computers and teach students how to use the Internet. Some students also learn traditional（传统的）Japanese arts.
In Japanese elementary schools, the students have to clean the classrooms, halls and ground of their school every day. In many elementary schools, the students eat lunch together in their classrooms, enjoying meals from the school. Students take turns to bring lunch to their classmates.
There are many school events during the year such as sports day when students join in events like relay races.
（一）根据短文内容简要回答下列问题。
1. When do Japanese children go to elementary school?
2. What do Japanese students have to do in elementary school?
（二）将短文中划线的两个句子译成汉语。
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Opening on Feb. 4 at the Bird’s Nest and running through Feb. 20, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games showed the world a simple and safe Olympic Games. Because of the Games, Beijing has become the first city in the world to host both a summer and winter Olympic event.
China tried her best to hold a green Olympic event, so the Ice Cube was turned from the Water Cube.
China held the games in three places. The best winter players around the world competed here for 109 gold medals. Among them, Chinese players had great performances and won nine gold medals in total.
If you have watched the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, you must know Eileen Gu. She won two Olympic gold medals. Gu was born in the US in 2003, where she started on the snow at the age of 3. Her father is American and her mother is Chinese. She said she hoped more Chinese young people could take part in the ice and snow sports. She also hoped to use sports as a “bridge” between China and the US. She got great success in just two years of international competitions, winning her first World Cup event in 2019. Later she won golds at the Winter Youth Olympic Games.
1. What has happened to Beijing because of the Games?
2. Why did China turn the Water Cube into the Ice Cube?
3. According to the Chart I, China held the games in Beijing and ________ Province.
4. Please translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
5. Please complete the introduction of Eileen Gu in Chart II.
6. What winter sport have you tried? What do you think of it?
